Recreation In Springfield Illi

Excerpt from Recreation in Springfield, Illinois: A Section of the Springfield Survey The north-south diameter of Springfield is a little more than four miles and its east-west dimension about three miles. Within its somewhat jagged boundaries there is an area of over eight square miles. The streets run either north-south or east-west, the few exceptions being some of those which follow railway or trolley lines. In width the streets range from 40 to 80 feet and practically all blocks are bisected by alleys. Aside from the central part where the stores, offices, and public buildings are crowded together there are no large sections, except on the outskirts, wholly devoid of dwelling houses. The six important railway lines which enter the city have their stations and freight houses in separate districts, and the various factories are surrounded by residential districts. The apartment house has just begun to appear but tenements are not yet numerous. Outside of the downtown district most families enjoy a yard. True, nearly two-thirds of the population live east of the central north-south line (third Street), but more than half of the city's area is also east of this line. F ew house sites even in this more crowded half are smaller than 40 x 150 feet and most of them are larger. Congestion of population is not a factor in the recrea tional life of Springfield. It is a city of homes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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